Noctua interjecta

Least yellow underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Noctua
Species: N. interjecta
Binomial name
Noctua interjecta
Hübner, 1803

Noctua interjecta, the least yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe.

Comparison of 1, 2, 5, 6. broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua fimbriata) 3. lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua janthe) 4. least yellow underwing (Noctua interjecta)

Technical description and variation

The wingspan is 31–36 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. Forewing greyish rufous, sometimes darkened with fuscous; lines and stigmata a little darker, often very obscure; hindwing orange yellow with a broad marginal black border; costal and inner margins, a submedian streak from base, and the cell blackish; fringe yellow.[1]

Biology

The moth flies in one generation from late June to August.

Larva pale ochreous with black dots; the lines pale, with darker edges. The larvae feed on various grasses and herbaceous plants such as meadowsweet and Malva sylvestris.[2]

Habitat in France

Subspecies

  • Noctua interjecta interjecta (Alps, southern France, northern and south-eastern Spain, northern Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, northern Greece and Romania)
  • Noctua interjecta caliginosa (Schawerda, 1919) (southern and central England, Wales, southern Ireland, northern France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands, northern Germany, Denmark, southern Sweden, Czech Republic and Austria)

Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

  1. ↑ Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
  2. ↑ "Robinson, G.S., P.R. Ackery, I.J. Kitching, G.W. Beccaloni, & L.M. Hernández. (2010). HOSTS – A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".


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